In late 2009 I was looking for an agent to introduce me to Maryland as this was my first home purchase in the state. Thomas was typical of most agents, he seemed pleasant and for the most part was extremely punctual. Over the process we saw about 7 or 8 houses. The house I ended up buying was a turn of the century 4 square home in the Gwynn Oak area of Baltimore. It has a certain amount of charm in that it was spacious and had a nice lived in feel for the price. Overall however the house was very much in a state of disrepair. After moving in, i quickly discovered that much of the damage was hidden by fo-tiling or cleaver plaster of pairs jobs. Some of the issue only became obvious later, while some of them I should have noticed up front. My major issue with Thomas is that he was not informative. Throughout the process he was very much a yes man in the sense that he placed a positive spin on nearly everything. he clearly did not have his customers long term best interest in mind. He was able to save me some money on closing; although in the long run I have spent 70k+ on repairs to a home that only cost 230k to begin with and will probably barely fetch 215k when i sell it ; mostly because of the lack of interest in the area. The area has many homes in bad need of repair as well as a very bad school system. Speaking with Thomas about it later, he seemed dismissive of course stating that he always has his customers best interest in mind. I dont expect him to resolve the situation, I just don't feel like I would do business with him again. My personal opinion is that a real estate agent should be capable of imparting caution to their buyers and assist them not only in finding a home and closing the deal, but giving them a sense of the homes value and whether or not that home will be a good long term investment. I learned a good lesson from Thomas at least, hire your own inspector. Thomas/Re-Max hired the inspector that preformed the inspection of my home and there are at least two distinct thing that an inspector should have noticed. One of which, my front porch cover had been essentially rotted away and then covered with siding and patched with plaster to cover the damage. Within a few months of moving in a large section of the porch cover simply collapsed revealing rotting wood beams; recently i had an estimate that i will need to replace the entire porch cover, costing nearly 8k dollars. To anyone reading this review. There are a million and 1 real estate agents in Maryland. They are not special, so if you don't like the one you are using, or get the "SLIGHTEST" hint that they are not living up to the "HUGE" cost , fire them and find another one, or better yet. Do your own research, sell your own house and cut out the pointless middle man of a Real Estate agent. read more